Tray slide



July 7, 1925 A. L. SESSIONS TRAY SLIDE Filed July 9, 1921 TERA/EK-Patented July 7, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE."

ALBERT L. SESSIONS, 0F BRISTOLCOHNECTICUT.

TRAY SLIDE.

Application filed July 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SESSIONS, a citizen of the United States,residing in Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented new and Improved Tray Slides, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the class of devices used to support the traysof trunks and similar inclosures for sliding movement, and an object ofmy invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class thatmay be constructed from comparatively thin metal and that shall possessa maximum ofstrength and that shall be extremely durable.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction anduse of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a view illustrating the manner of use of my improved tray slide.

Figure 2 is a face'view of my improved slide.

Figure 3 is a view in section through the same on plane denoted by thedotted line 3-3 of Flgure 2. K

Figure 4 is a view on plane denoted by the dotted line 4-4 of Figure 2.0

Figure 5 is a view illustrating a little different structure of theslide.

My improved slide is constructed to be secured as to the inner surfaceof a trunk,

or similar device, several of these slides being usually employed tosupport a tray 7, a number of such trays being commonly employed, andthat, in their closed positions, are housed within the trunk case 6 in amanner that will be readily understood, a portion of the side of a trunkcase or similar device and of the tray being shown in dotted outline inFigures 1 and 5 of the drawings.

This improved slide embodies two members located at substantially aright angle each to the other, one of said members 8 being horizontallyarranged and comprising a slide member and the other?) being verticallydisposed and constituting a supporting member, the terms vertical andorizontal being used with respect to the trunk when in its normalupright position for use. This slide as a whole is composed of metalbent and (or) stamped to shape, preferably from sheet metal, and inorder that the tray 1921. Serial 1T0. 483,599.

may slide easily a supporting slide rib 10 15 provided upon the uppersurface of the member 8, whereby the contacting surface between theslide and the tray is reduced and the friction between such slidingsurfaces is lessened, so that the tray may he slid with a minimum amountof resistance.

The slide is secured in place as by means of nails, screws or similardevices located within holes 11, and in order that the sides of a traymay not contact with the heads of the nails or screws I provide meansfor preventing such contact, such means also assisting in promoting freesliding'movement of the tray. Such means, in the structure shown herein,comprises a side slide rib that is divided into sections 1213, the holes11 being located between such sliding sections that are raised above thesurface of the member 9, thereby providing a substitute for'acountersunk hole. This side rib, composed of sections, is also roundedon its grown to reduce the amount of contact surace.

In addition to providing a slide or sliding support formed to promoteease of sliding action of the trays, such formation also increases thestrength of the slide so that it may be made of metal of a minimumthickness and atthe same time be sufliciently rigid for the purpose forwhich it is intended.

In order to further strengthen the slide, strengthening ribs 14 areformed in the angle between the members 8 and 9, grooves being formed onthe back of the structure within such angle as by stamping to providethe ribs. In the preferred form of construction these strengthening ribsextend from one or more of the sections of the side slide ribs into thesupporting slide rib 10, so that this strengthening feature is extendedfrom the supporting slide rib to a section or sections of the side slideribs.

As these slides are struck up from sheet metal, a burr is liable to beformed at the edges, which burr would be a source of wear to the traysby reason of the sliding contact therewith. The slide ribs. in additionto scribed the supporting and slide rib on a slide supports a tray forsliding movement, which tray rests with its bottom on said rib, whilethe side slide ribs support the upper parts of the sides of another traylocated under the tray above mentioned. In that form of slide abovedescribed each slide acts in supporting two trays while in that form ofthe structure shown in Figure 5 each slide acts in supporting a singletray, each slide being located in a position reversed from thathereinbefore described, the sections 15 of the side slide ribssupporting the bottom parts of the sides of the trays and the supportingslide rib or ribs 16 receiving the bottom of the same tray. the otherfeatures of this slide being the same as hereinabove described withreference to the slide shown in the other figures of the drawing.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is onlyillustrative,

and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

I claim' 1. A tray slide comprising a slide member and a supportingmember bent at an angle one to another, and a corrugation extendlng fromeach of said members across the angle connecting them, said corrugationsbeing formed by depressing, the metal on the back of the support andraising a rib on the front of said members.

2. A tray slide comprising a slide member and a supporting member bentat an angle one to another, a raised slide rib on one of said members,and a corrugation intersecting said rib and extending across the anglebetween said members.

3. A tray slide comprising a slide member and a supporting member bentat an angle one to another, a raised rib formed on each of said membersby depressing the metal on the back thereof to raise said ribs on thefront face thereof, and a plurality of corrugations intersecting saidribs on both of said members, and extending across the angle betweenthem.

ALBERT L. SESSIONS;

